It took hundred of years and a long sequence of small advantages and missed opportunities to discover the importance of vitamin C

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Poems based on the natural properties of each of the elements of the periodic table

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A nanoglobular dendrimer-5-aminosalicylic acid conjugate protects retinas from degeneration

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